How To Install sagemath-doc on Debian 12

Learn how to install sagemath-doc on Debian 12 with this tutorial. sagemath-doc is Open Source Mathematical Software - documentation

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install sagemath-doc on Debian 12.

What is sagemath-doc

sagemath-doc is:

SageMath is a free open-source mathematics software system licensed under the GPL. It builds on top of many existing open-source packages: NumPy, SciPy, matplotlib, Sympy, Maxima, GAP, FLINT, R and many more. Access their combined power through a common, Python-based language or directly via interfaces or wrappers.

Mission: Creating a viable free open source alternative to Magma, Maple, Mathematica and Matlab.

This package contains the documentation.

There are three methods to install sagemath-doc on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install sagemath-doc Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install sagemath-doc using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install sagemath-doc

Install sagemath-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install sagemath-doc using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install sagemath-doc

Install sagemath-doc Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install sagemath-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install sagemath-doc

How To Uninstall sagemath-doc on Debian 12

To uninstall only the sagemath-doc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove sagemath-doc

Uninstall sagemath-doc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall sagemath-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove sagemath-doc

Remove sagemath-doc Configurations and Data

To remove sagemath-doc configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge sagemath-doc

Remove sagemath-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove sagemath-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge sagemath-doc

Dependencies

sagemath-doc have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install sagemath-doc package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.